Month: April 2014

Although the US Government has not published a US Government Configuration Baseline (USGCB) standard for Windows 8 or Windows 8.1, Microsoft has just published a beta release of Microsoft security guidance for Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2 and Internet Explorer 11. It includes documentation, GPOs, and scripts for installing the recommended settings to local group…

A long time ago, before the introduction of the IBM Personal Computer, I was a DJ at the University of Virginia’s college radio station, WTJU-FM. Also around that time, Dischord Records in Washington, DC, released their first record, an 8-song 7″ EP by the DC hardcore punk band, The Teen Idles. Being an ardent fan of the DC…